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a la mode

[ah luh mohd, al-uh-, a la mawd] / ˌɑ lə ˈmoʊd, ˌæl ə-, a la ˈmɔd /
ADJECTIVE
with ice cream
Synonyms


à la mode


ADJECTIVE
with ice cream
Synonyms


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Do we think that in five years’ time there’ll have been a massive kick back and proper Crazy Gang up-and-unders will be a la mode?

From The Guardian Sep. 16, 2019

The most entertaining dessert arrives when you ask for bread pudding to be served a la mode.

From Washington Post Jun. 12, 2019

So I used to eat something called boeuf a la mode, which was a brisket braised in red wine with mushrooms, bacon and onion.

From Salon May 25, 2019

Go there for 21 kinds of pie — and four scoops of vanilla ice cream, if you ask for it a la mode.

From Seattle Times Sep. 25, 2018

He ordered that I be bought a new bag-wig, and my mother a whole series of costly dresses a la mode du beau monde.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

It’s just the dish to celebrate Mel Brooks’s legacy: Mud pie, à la mode.

From New York Times Mar. 6, 2023

In fact, Imprint’s Mind Body Baby: Astrology is part of a very à la mode four-book series that purports to boil down the New Age for ages 0 and up.

From Slate Aug. 20, 2020

The backdrop is a cubist cityscape; their hair is cropped in the manner of Parisian garçons; and their red lips and shaded eyes are thoroughly à la mode.

From The Guardian Oct. 5, 2018

It has remained there, waxing and waning à la mode.

From Washington Times Aug. 11, 2017

He was of the blond type, past middle life and in dress anything but à la mode.

From As I Remember Recollections of American Society during the Nineteenth Century by Gouverneur, Marian




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